Open LibraryJournal of a second voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific : performed in the years 1821-22-23, in His Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla, under the orders of Captain William Edward Parry : illustrated by numerous plates
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Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific : performed in the years 1821-22-23, in His Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla, under the orders of Captain William Edward Parry : illustrated by numerous plates
Publication date
1824
Topics Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790-1855, Fury (Ship), Hecla (Ship), Natural history, Eskimos, Inuit
Publisher
London : John Murray
Collection
biodiversity
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Biodiversity Heritage Library
Contributor
Smithsonian Libraries
Language
English
"Published by authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty."
"London: Printed by W. Clowes"--Verso of t.p
Includes music (p. 542)
"Vocabulary of Esquimaux words and sentences": p. [559]-571
Illustrations by George Francis Lyon, Captain of the "Hecla"; engraved by Edward Finden
Dedicated to Viscount Melville
"This work deals with the characteristics of the Eskimos and is a treatise on aboriginal life as welll as a narrative of scientific discoveries."--Hill coll, p. 464
Errata: p. [572]
citation/reference: UC San Diego. Hill Coll., no. 1312
UC San Diego. Hill Coll
SCNHRB copy (39088000490896) lacking one of the folding maps
SCNHRB copy stamped on verso of t.p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum Jul 16 1910 [ms. acc. no.] 213178
SCNHRB copy bound in diced russia, gilt and blind rolls, title and decoration in gilt on spine, marbled edges and endpapers
"London: Printed by W. Clowes"--Verso of t.p
Includes music (p. 542)
"Vocabulary of Esquimaux words and sentences": p. [559]-571
Illustrations by George Francis Lyon, Captain of the "Hecla"; engraved by Edward Finden
Dedicated to Viscount Melville
"This work deals with the characteristics of the Eskimos and is a treatise on aboriginal life as welll as a narrative of scientific discoveries."--Hill coll, p. 464
Errata: p. [572]
citation/reference: UC San Diego. Hill Coll., no. 1312
UC San Diego. Hill Coll
SCNHRB copy (39088000490896) lacking one of the folding maps
SCNHRB copy stamped on verso of t.p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum Jul 16 1910 [ms. acc. no.] 213178
SCNHRB copy bound in diced russia, gilt and blind rolls, title and decoration in gilt on spine, marbled edges and endpapers
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